Funding profile
James Lankford
Republican · Senator from Oklahoma
Career totals · 4 elections · 2014–2028
$16.5 million
raised by Lankford’s campaigns, everything from 2014 to 2028 added together.
33%
of it came from organized groups rather than from people giving on their own: at least $5.4 million from PACs, plus donations that organizations collected and directed.
$1.2 million
was spent about Lankford by outside groups. These are ads for or against them that their campaign cannot control, and none of it is part of the money above.
Every number on this page comes from Federal Election Commission filings, read on August 24, 2026. An election still under way keeps raising money, so its figure will have grown since. Check Lankford on FEC.gov
Where the money came from
Everything Lankford’s campaigns have reported raising, split by who gave it.
- Individual donorsMoney given by people, in their own name.59%$9.7 million
- Political action committeesOrganized groups: company-run committees, unions, trade associations.33%$5.4 million
- Other sourcesParty transfers, the candidate's own money, loans and smaller categories.9%$1.4 million
Money bundled through organizations
Not every “individual” donation arrives on its own. An organization can collect checks from its members, already earmarked for Lankford, and deliver them in a bundle. The law counts that as individual money, but the organization still chose where it went.
$48,000
reached Lankford this way, <1% of everything they raised from individuals. Each donation came from a real person. The organization picked who got it.
- NORPACA New Jersey-based pro-Israel PAC that bundles member donations for candidates of both parties.$36,000
- SBA Pro-Life AmericaThe candidate fund of Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America, which backs candidates who oppose abortion.$12,000
We can only count the organizations we have measured, so the real figure could be higher than this, never lower. Bundling is legal and widely used, and appearing here is not evidence of wrongdoing.
Who gave the most
Committee contributions from the 2024 and 2026 election periods, grouped by how the FEC classifies each giver. This covers a slice of the career total, and giving to a campaign is legal and ordinary.
- Corporation63%$449,000
- Trade association19%$136,000
- Labor union1%$7,500
- Membership organization6%$43,000
- Corporation without capital stock2%$14,000
- Unclassified10%$70,000
Which industries
- Insurance14% · $15,000
- Retail & consumer10% · $10,000
- Defense & aerospace10% · $10,000
- Other67% · $70,000
The FEC records that a committee is a corporation; it does not record its industry. Those labels are ours, kept in a published list anyone can check. Where we have not labeled a giver we say “Other” rather than guessing.
Largest committee givers
- 1Smith & Nephew, Inc. PAC (S+n PAC)$10,000
- 2Asian American Hotel Owners Association$10,000
- 3Intuit Inc. 21st Century Leadership Fund$10,000
- 4American Society of Association Executives$10,000
- 5National Stripper Well Association$10,000
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- 6Grant Thornton Advisors LLC$10,000
- 7Fund for a Conservative Future$10,000
- 8L3harris Technologies, Inc.$10,000
- 9American Psychological Association Services Inc. (Apasi)$7,500
- 10Texas Cattle Feeders Association$7,500
“Unclassified” means the FEC records no organization type for that committee, which usually means a leadership PAC. We show it as unclassified rather than guessing which industry it belongs to.
Money spent about this member
Outside groups, usually super PACs, may spend without limit on ads for or against a candidate, as long as they do not coordinate with the campaign. Lankford has no legal control over any of it.
This is not a donation. Nobody gave this money to Lankford. It was spent on advertising about Lankford, and money spent against a candidate is plainly not funding them. So it never gets added to the figures above.
$1.2 million
has been spent for or against Lankford by outside groups. $395,000 supported Lankford; $854,000 opposed Lankford.
Largest outside spenders
Summed across 3 elections, using the Commission's aggregated totals so amended filings and 24-hour notices are not double-counted.
Spent supporting
$394,000Ads urging people to vote for this member. Still not their money, and they cannot direct how it is spent.
- FOUNDATION FOR ECONOMIC PROSPERITY INC.$217,000
- DEFEND OKLAHOMA VALUES$123,000
- AMERICAN ENERGY ACTION FUND$52,000
- RESTORE AMERICAN FREEDOM AND LIBERTY$2,000
Spent opposing
$853,000Ads urging people to vote against this member. This money was spent to defeat them.
- OKLAHOMANS FOR A CONSERVATIVE FUTURE INC$700,000
- NOW OR NEVER PAC$100,000
- FREEDOMWORKS FOR AMERICA$41,000
- DRAIN THE DC SWAMP PAC$12,000
Election by election
The career figures above are the sum of these elections. Each row links to the Commission’s page for that election, where the numbers match line for line.
| Election | Raised | From PACs | Outside spending | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2028in progress | $1.9 million | $682,000 36% | none | FEC |
| 2022 | $7.3 million | $2.6 million 35% | $190,000 | FEC |
| 2016 | $3 million | $1.1 million 37% | $531,000 | FEC |
| 2014 | $4.3 million | $1 million 24% | $529,000 | FEC |
Raised is everything the campaign took in for that election. From PACs is the slice of it given by political action committees. Outside spending is what other groups spent on ads about the race, for and against—it is not part of “Raised”. An election marked in progress is still raising money, so its figures are not final.
We never publish the names of individual donors, and anything we cannot source stays off the page. The methodology explains every such choice.